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Do biodegradable plastics bring benefits?
What does “biodegradable plastic” mean? Can biodegradable plastics help reduce plastic pollution? What policies should be in place to ensure that biodegradable plastics are beneficial to the environment, compared with ...
The global bioplastics market is set to grow by 36 percent over the next 5 years.
The results of the European Bioplastics (EUBP) annual maket data update, presented today at the 15th EUBP Conference, confirm the continued dynamic growth of the global bioplastics industry. “Our industry ...
UK government issues details of new plastics packaging tax (PPT)
The United Kingdom (UK) Government has issued a policy paper outlining a new tax, the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT). This new tax applies to plastic packaging produced in, or imported ...
Biodegradable bottle made of plant-based polymer set for 2023 launch
Spirits maker Bacardi (Hamilton / Bermuda) has unveiled plans to create a bottle that can biodegrade in 18 months, and its signature rum is expected to be the first product to appear ...
Danimer Scientific và Eagle Beverage Partner on biodegradable straws for quick service restaurants
Danimer Scientific, a leading developer and manufacturer of biodegradable materials, and Eagle Beverage Products, a specialty beverage manufacture, announced they will product biodegradable drinking straws for the quick service restaurant ...
LG Chem develops world’s first biodegradable new material
LG Chem has successfully developed a new biodegradable material potentially with mechanical properties and transparency equivalent to synthetic resins such as PP, the company announced October 19. The new material ...
14 million tons of microplastics on seafloor
The Australian national science agency, CSIRO (Hobart; www.csrio.au) has unveiled what it calls the first global estimate for the amount of microplastics – pieces less than 5mm in diameter – ...
New York officially ban single-use plastic bags
On October 20 2020, New York is finally enforcing its statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. The law actually went into effect last winter, but the pandemic and a lawsuit ...
